I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.

Artificial glamor-false eyelashes, that sort of thing-usually is put on to hide a vacuum. The most beautiful face can only look vacuous if it masks an empty head.

It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.

Robert Vavra is one of these artists, part magician, part alchemist, who is able to create a series of photographs in unforgettable compositions. Only visible are the dunes, the blinding fields of flowers and the vast sky, the epic intimacy of Robert Vavra's vision.

Two members of my profession who are not urgently needed by my profession, Mr. Ronald Reagan and Mr. George Murphy, entered politics, and they've done extremely well. Since there has been no reciprocal tendency in the other direction, it suggests to me that our job is still more difficult than their new one.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

British education is probably the best in the world, if you can survive it. If you can't there is nothing left for you but the diplomatic corps.